English adjective: bleak | |||
1. | bleak offering little or no hope | ||
Samples | The future looked black. Prospects were bleak. Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult. Took a dim view of things. | ||
Synonyms | black, dim | ||
Similar | hopeless | ||
Antonyms | hopeful | ||
2. | bleak providing no shelter or sustenance | ||
Samples | Bare rocky hills. Barren lands. The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes. The desolate surface of the moon. A stark landscape. | ||
Synonyms | bare, barren, desolate, stark | ||
Similar | inhospitable | ||
Antonyms | hospitable | ||
3. | bleak unpleasantly cold and damp | ||
Samples | Bleak winds of the North Atlantic. | ||
Synonyms | cutting, raw | ||
Similar | cold | ||
Antonyms | hot | ||